Full Report for Listed Buildings
The list description is not intended to be a complete inventory of what is listed: it is principally intended to aid identification. By law, the definition of a listed building includes the entire building (i) and any structure or object that is fixed to the said building and ancillary to it and (ii) any other structure or object that forms part of the land and has done so since before 1 July 1948, and was within the curtilage of the building, and ancillary to it, on the date on which said building was first included in the list, or on 1 January 1969, whichever was later.
Summary Description
Reference Number
20611
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
19/10/1998
Date of Amendment
19/10/1998
Name of Property
Nest boxes and bee boles at Maes Merddyn
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Conwy
Community
Pentrefoelas
Town
Pentrefoelas
Locality
Bryniau Bugeiliaid
Easting
286561
Northing
354250
Street Side
Location
Maes Merddyn farm lies on moorland in the NW part of the community, and is reached by a farm road off the Nebo Road N of Pentrefoelas.
Description
Broad Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
Period
History
The structure is probably of the early C19, when this remote area of the upper Cadnant was opened up to cultivation.
Exterior
Rubble dry-built stone retaining wall in front of the farmhouse, containing four emplacements for bee boles at approximately 1m high, and below, 3 open fronted nesting boxes, probably for fowls.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included for special historic interest as a rare and well-preserved combination of bee boles and nest boxes.
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